"“Why in the world do you want to be a magician, if that’s the life they
lead?” he asked me after one particularly bloodcurdling story about an
angry mother."

At Nature: "Let Slip the Dogs" by William T. Vandemark. Speculative Fiction. "A small crowd gathers. Someone tosses a bottle. As it arcs through the
air, an AI built into an auto-turret atop the kiosk assesses the risk.
The bottle shatters in the street."

At Tor.com: "How to Make a Triffid" by Kelly Lagor. Science Fiction. "a chilling tale of science, science fiction, and how we break."

"By the time they snap her fifth finger, she doesn't have the strength to struggle anymore."

At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Episode 03 - The Return of Tarzan. Adventure. "Tarzan, while sailing across the Atalantic on an ocean liner, has now twice thwarted the evil Nicholas Rokoff and his henchman Paulvich."

OTR at Relic Radio: CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Horror. Classic Poe story adapted for radio in 1975.